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'Our shared responsibility': Participation in ecological projects as a means of empowering communities to contribute to coastal management processes

Lookup NU author(s): Emeritus Professor Stewart Evans, Dr Susan Gebbels

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Abstract

The objective of this project was to empower people of Blyth Valley in Northumberland (northeast England) to contribute to the management of their coastal heritage. A group of volunteers, the Links Conservation Group, working in collaboration with the environmental managers (Blyth Valley Borough Council), scientists, local specialists and other volunteers, surveyed the biodiversity, social, cultural and industrial history and profiles of the dunes, as well as their perceived value to local residents. The Group used this information to develop management plans for the dunes. The recommendations have contributed to planning processes at three levels: (i) national coastal management plans; (ii) regional plans; and (iii) plans for further action at the local community level. © 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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Author(s): Evans SM, Gebbels S, Stockill JM

Publication type: Article

Publication status: Published

Journal: Marine Pollution Bulletin

Year: 2008

Volume: 57

Issue: 1-5

Pages: 3-7

Print publication date: 01/01/2008

ISSN (print): 0025-326X

ISSN (electronic): 1879-3363

Publisher: Elsevier Ltd

URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2008.04.014

DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2008.04.014

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